Editor:
My name is Cheska Retita. I’m a Grade 9 student from Moscrop Secondary and I would like to talk about the number of buses that come by our school daily.
In my opinion, as a student from Moscrop, the buses from and to Moscrop are insufficient.
Every day at Moscrop, students either have to run to the buses early or wait the unnecessarily long lineups. I’ve seen students run across the street on a red light to try to get on the 130 bus that goes to Metrotown station – and they were almost hit by cars. Some smart students found ways to skip the lines and get on from a different route, but this disrupts other people and students from their usual routes.
After school, I need to take the 130 bus to go home, so I’m also one of the students that either wait or run. Before I found a faster way to get home, I would always wait at the bus stop, and waiting for the buses would be a pain.
The first 10 buses or so would be too full or the driver wouldn’t want to mess with teenagers stomping their way into the bus. After that, a few buses come and go every five minutes. Because of this, I would wait for the buses for 40-plus minutes and, yes, it does get very crowded and a lot of pushing occurs.
In addition, it’s even worse during winter and fall. Since fewer students would want to walk in the harsh weather, so many more students take the bus.
Cheska Retita, Burnaby
